Best Way to buy sports tickets for New York

[chris.tarry85]

Hi All,

Looking online, mostly at ice hockey for when we are in New York in a couple of weeks - the tickets seem to be limited and expensive.

I've heard a few people say you will get a better deal if you just go to the box office on the day of the game, has anyone done this successfully?

Thanks

 

[Deleted member 651465]

I can't speak for ice hockey, but I got some NBA tickets by buying at TickPick.

Effectively, you buy someone else's unwanted ticket(s) just like you would on Ticketmaster. I was even able to log in to the madison square garden (MSG) website to check the view before we bought but it is fully covered and I took a punt.

They emailed me a link to print my own tickets and I did this before we left. It all went fine but it was scary clicking "buy now" on tickets 9 months in advance

 

[HangTime]

When we went to watch hockey (Rangers vs Bruins) we just went to the box office a couple of days before the game and bought them then. When you say the tickets are expensive, how much are you talking about? We went in 2008 when it was $2 rather than $1.2 to the £, I think from memory they cost around $80 or something like that. Depends on where you want to sit of course, we were in the upper tier.

Nowadays as mentioned it is probably easier to buy etickets and print at home than it was back then (I did that for Aussie Rules in Australia).

Finally regarding cost I would bear in mind it is probably a once in a decade(?) experience, I had always wanted to go and watch an NHL game for like 15 years prior to going so I think it is worth pushing the boat out a bit, obviously within reason (I probably wouldn't have paid over $300/ticket). Saying I've been to a hockey at MSG is a lot better than saying "yeah look at this £200 graphics card sat in a cupboard I bought 8 years ago, it's worth about £2.50 now".

 

[Cleisthenes]

Finally regarding cost I would bear in mind it is probably a once in a decade(?) experience, I had always wanted to go and watch an NHL game for like 15 years prior to going so I think it is worth pushing the boat out a bit, obviously within reason (I probably wouldn't have paid over $300/ticket). Saying I've been to a hockey at MSG is a lot better than saying "yeah look at this £200 graphics card sat in a cupboard I bought 8 years ago, it's worth about £2.50 now".

I have nothing of use to add, but this is exactly the attitude to have.